Tag: error correction
Shannon and Kolmogorov Information
There’s a deep connection between probability and complexity. This connection is made clear in Shannon’s theory of information.
Trapdoors in the Fitness Landscape: Scientists Revive Worries About an Evolutionary Metaphor
What if the structure of the landscape is like a block of Swiss cheese, flat and riddled with holes?
In Life, Checkpoints and Error Correction Defy Darwinian Explanations
Living cells employ forward-thinking and backward-thinking strategies. Both strategies require planning outside the immediate situation.
More Scientific Problems with Paul Rimmer’s Views on Origin of Life
Naturally occurring self-organization is fundamentally different from the order in living systems.
Notre Dame Hosts a Conference on Creation, Including Intelligent Design
The organizers accepted my abstract for a talk about “The Return of Teleology to the Natural Sciences.”